tremendous

[trih-men-duhs] / trɪˈmɛn dəs /

ADJECTIVE

huge, overwhelming

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amazing astounding awesome colossal dreadful enormous excellent exceptional extraordinary fabulous fantastic formidable great immense incredible marvelous massive monumental prodigious terrible terrific vast wonderful

WEAK

appalling awful cracking deafening fearful frightful gargantuan gigantic great big humongous jumbo large mammoth mondo monstrous stupendous super titanic towering whale whopper whopping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

believable common commonplace conventional customary expected familiar inferior insignificant little miniature minute normal ordinary plain pleasant poor powerless small teeny tiny trivial unamazing unimportant unnoteworthy usual weak wonderful

WEAK

underwhelming

Example Sentences

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The new Section 2 was a tremendous success, leading to the election of scores of minority-preferred candidates in Congress and on the state and local level.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

"Conservation efforts since the 1970s have prevented a tremendous collapse of tiger numbers," he said, saying that had "possibly placed the species on a trajectory of recovery and long-term survival."

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Speaking while wearing black tie attire to a room full of journalists also in formal wear, he praised the Secret Service, and said that everyone in the room owed them a "tremendous debt of gratitude".

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

“There is tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership,’” he said in a post on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

He told the assistant attorney general that it would be a tremendous loss.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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